Adopt a Pet

Analysis

Adopt a Pet is a registered charity in United States, based in Shelton, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Adopt a Pet reported income of $215k and spending of $164k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $240k to $215k (-11%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Adopt a Pet sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stop the Overpopulation of Pets Inc ($215k), GSD Rescue Indy Inc ($215k) and Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program Inc ($215k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 5.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $611k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $611k.